In 1974, the Division of Forestry was established and hence the faculty was named Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry. The introduction of Bachelor of Veterinary Science in 1976 and the establishment of the Division of Veterinary Science, the Faculty was re-named “Faculty of Agriculture, Forestry and Veterinary Sciences”.

University Campuses and LocationSokoine university is located in Morogoro Municipality. It has 3,350 hectares of land for training, research and production in Morogoro municipality; 840 hectares of forest land in Arusha; 320 hectares of virgin forest for research in Usambara Mountains in Tanga and 500 hectares of miombo woodlands in Kitulanghalo in Morogoro region.

The university has four campuses namely, the Main Campus in Morogoro municipality,Solomon Mashlangu Campus (SMC) in Morogoro municipality; SUA Training Forest (SUATF) Olmotonyi in Arusha region and Mazumbai Forestry Reserve in Tanga

University Vision and MissionSokoine University of Agriculture's academic business is guided by the university’s vision and missions as well as the Corporate Strategic plan (2016-2021), the latter that spells out plans in keeping with university’s core missions and functions as well as the need to remain competitive.

The Vision of the university is “To be a leading University in the provision of quality knowledge and skills in agriculture and allied sciences”.

The vision is guided through the mission, which is “To Promote development in agriculture, natural resources and allied sectors through training, research and delivery of services”.

Academic ProgrammesTo date, Sokoine University of Agriculture is one of the top university in Tanzania that offers training programmes in the broad field of agriculture.

Number of StudentsThe University has a total of 8837 student population of which 185 are PhD, 348 Masters, 8 postgraduate diploma, 7,775 Undergraduates degree, 443 Diploma and 78 certificate programme.

Human ResourcesUniversity has a total of 1428 employees of which 918 are Administrative staff and 510 Academic staff. (This report is as of March 2017)

Research, Outreach and ConsultancySokoine University of Agriculture's main research objective is to provide leadership in basic and applied research in order to generate science evidence knowledge and innovations that respond to contemporary and emerging needs. SUA thus emphasizes that research becomes linked to development and societal issues.

Research capacity at SUA is further enhanced through collaborative research projects, which are supported by more than 50 memoranda of understanding and currently there are about 159 ongoing research projects.

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University wide Website Committee (UWC) of Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA) in its 12th meeting held on 08th June 2017 approved the results of the ranking of University website for the College/School/Faculty/Department/Institute/Directorate and Centres website for the first quarter (April - June 2017).

Congratulations to the following units for being the Winner of best College/School/Faculty/Department/Institute/Directorate and Centres website for the Second quarter in the year 2017.